ROM TRIP

Ok folks, here comes a little description with some nice pictures of our unfortunately very short trip to the ancient, absolutely wonderful and fascinating city of Rome.



Well, for all those who don't know my boyfriend yet: that's Grex, Gregor, Has (only I'm allowed to say that (-: )

Where should I start? Let's say I was absolutely fascinated from the very beginning on, altough at the beginning we were walking around like zombies, since we haven't really slept the first night. We went by night train from Bruck directly to Rom and didn't have a sleeper car and as if that wouldn't be enough, there were not 6 people in our compartment but 8, cause there were 2 children sitting on the lap of there adults. Well, to cut a long story short, we didn't get much sleep on this train.

But now let's move on to the sights of the city. Grex gave us the nice title of "sightseeing warriors", which wasn't really justified, since we actually avoided the crowds of tourists. If you're one of those crazy people who love mass tourism then go to Rom between Easter and the 80th's birthday of the Pope and I promise you, you won't be disappointed by too less people. No, honestly I've never seen so many tourist in one place and the queue were so long that you always thought there is something great for free - but as you can imagine there wasn't.

Anyway, I still enjoyed it a lot and here are now some pics:


It's a puzzle picture of the Spanish steps - where am I? Found me?
















The Peter's quere taken from the cupula. And in case you wonder: no, there are chairs in the middle of the square not people.



This is the Colloseum which was one of my highlights. We shared an audio guide and so it was even more interesting since we were informed about the background of this phenomenal building.


And may I introduce you the emperor Gregor the great. (-:



This was the only beer you could afford buying in Rom. Peroni, the great Italian beer since 1846. If you just ordered a draught beer you paid Eur 5,-- for a pint.
As you can imagine the big one was for the great emperor and the small for his little girlfriend.

And here am I throwing a coin into the Trevi Fountain to make sure to return one time to Rome.

All in all, I was not only fascinated by the unbelievable historical sights of Rome but. above all, by the life style of the city. I liked the bustling squares and the vivid manner of the Romans. I tried whenever it was possible to comunicate in Italien and they appreciated it a lot. When I was not trying to stammer Italian phrases, I spoke English, even with Grex. So at this trip I practiced my Italian as well as my English. How wonderful (-;